The Confederate capital and Hood's Texas brigade

by: Winkler, Angelina Virginia Walton, 1842-

Publication date: 1894

Topics: Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Brigade, Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Volunteer Infantry, First, Texas Infantry. 4th Regt., 1861-1865, Texas Infantry. 5th Regt., 1861-1865, Arkansas Infantry. 3rd Regiment, 1861-1865, genealogy

Publisher: Austin [Tex.] E. Von Boeckmann

Collection: allen_county; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Internet Archive

Contributor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

Language: English

The brigade was organized in 1861, under command of J. B. Hood. It consisted entirely of the 1st, 4th and 5th Texas infantry, the 18th Georgia infantry and Hampton's South Carolina legion. In Oct. 1862, the 3d Arkansas infantry was substituted for the two organizations last named. Hood's Texas brigade association consists almost entirely of members of the three Texas regiments

Account first appeared in 1882 in the Texas prairie flower, a journal published by Mrs. Winkler. Approved and endorsed June 27, 1891 by the Historical Committee of the brigade. cf. Pref

"Paroles of Army of Northern Virginia surrendered at Appomattox": p. [280]-292

"Books of reference": p. vii

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